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How to Install and Configure VMware vSphere 6.5

This guide will walk you through the steps to install and configure VMware vSphere 6.5 including steps to configure vCenter 6.5 and its High Availability Cluster (VCHA). We will also demonstrate how to deploy and configure a vCenter 6.5 Server Appliance.

Recently VMware has released its latest version of vSphere 6.5 with several advanced features including High Availability (HA) and Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS).

You can disable IPv6 if you are not using it in your environment. Select Disable IPv6 and Press Enter to disable it.

Provide the DNS Server and Hostname according to your environment, Press Enter to save

Provide DNS suffix for name resolution, press Enter to save

From the Configure Management Network menu, press ESC to exit the menu. It will require a host reboot to apply all the network configuration settings which we have done in above steps.

Once reboot completed, you can test the management network to verify host network functionality as shown in image below.

Conclusion

We have completed vSphere 6.5 installation and its network configuration settings. In the next part of this article we'll show you how to install and configure vCenter 6.5 and its High Availability cluster (VCHA).

How to Install and Configure VMware vSphere 6.5
Reviewed by Mr. WhiteSays
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December 03, 2016
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